Stainton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. War memorial.

Stainton War Memorial

WRENN ID
eternal-eave-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
Stainton War Memorial, Main Street, Streatlam and Stainton, DL12 8RB
OS grid reference
NZ 073 186
Coordinates
54.56265, -1.88831
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Stainton War Memorial is located in a grassy area on the north side of the road through the village of Stainton. Constructed from freestone sourced from Stainton Quarry, the memorial stands approximately 3.5 meters tall and takes the form of an obelisk, which is square in plan and rises from a capped plinth. The plinth is set on a square base and step, with both the obelisk and the plinth cap and base being rough-hewn.

The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "LEST WE FORGET/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS TOWNSHIP WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18/ (NAMES)/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."

Local climate

Stainton War Memorial receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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